Dr. Carrie Jose, in her latest Health and Wellness column, explains the difference between piriformis syndrome and sciatica.

Your piriformis muscle could be to blame ... of the hip), but it also sits close to the sciatic nerve; in some people, the nerve even runs through the muscle. And this means that tension, overuse ...

Sciatica is a common cause of buttock pain that occurs when the sciatic nerve gets compressed or pinched. It causes nerve ...

Around 13-40% of people will experience it at some point of their life, and with sciatica’s triggers ranging from a slipped disc and piriformis ... deep in the buttock adjacent to the sciatic ...

What everyone's reading Contrary to popular belief, sciatica ... the nerve is irritated, and it tends to cause less severe symptoms. Piriformis syndrome – which also presents as pain deep ...